Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar

Contents

List of illustrations and tables ;
Acknowledgments ;
Glossary notes ;
1. A Story and Its Meaning ;
2. Dhofar’s Pastoral Landscape ;
3. Archaeology in Dhofar: The Arabian Human Social Dynamics (AHSD) Project ;
4. Cultural Inheritance of the Dhofar Pastoralists ;
5. Building Pastoral Communities in the Neolithic (5000–4500 BCE) ;
6. Tribes in the Bronze Age (3200–1500 BCE) ;
7. Cultivating Pastoralism in the Late Iron Age (400 BCE–400 CE) ;
8. Mobility and Community in the Late Iron Age (300 BCE–500 CE) ;
9. Patterns of Monuments and Settlement Shaped Dhofar ;
Bibliography ;
Index

About the Author

Joy McCorriston is an anthropological archaeologist who has conducted multi-disciplinary research in Southern Arabia since 1996. She earned a PhD from Yale University in 1992, then a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship to study early food production. Her multi-national team identified Neolithic pastoral specialization and social practices, which she published in Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East and (with Michael Harrower) Landscape History of Hadramawt. She authored numerous articles and a textbook, World Prehistory and the Anthropocene. She teaches at The Ohio State University, where she is director of the Middle East Studies Center.

Reviews

‘En general, este libro tiene éxito al explicar la evolución y los conceptos esenciales del pastoralismo persistente a través del estudio arqueológico, centrándose en el ejemplo de la región de Dhofar, aunque también puede aplicarse a otras regiones áridas cercanas... Aunque este volumen está más enfocado a un público especializado..., McCorriston emplea una estructura muy clara y aligera el contenido a través de las breves historias de recreaciones del pasado incluidas en varios capítulos. Las imágenes, tablas y gráficas también están muy bien seleccionadas y ayudan a visualizar con mayor claridad el proceso de excavación y el trabajo de prospección.’ [translated: Overall, this book succeeds in explaining the evolution and essential concepts of persistent pastoralism through archaeological study, focusing on the example of the Dhofar region, although it can also be applied to other nearby arid regions.... Although this volume is more focused on a specialized audience …, McCorriston employs a very clear structure and lightens the content through the brief stories of past recreations included in several chapters. The images, tables, and graphs are also very well selected and help to visualize more clearly the excavation process and the prospecting work.] –  Paula Gómez Sanz (2023): ISIMU Volumen 26